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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Scooter Lebowski (ranked 2832 p4p, 3646 weight class) and Rod De Minaur (ranked 387 p4p, 462 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying De Minaur's choice of entrance music: Seek and Destroy . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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185 cm 19 178 1 - 1 - 0 |
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177 cm 18 182 1 - 1 - 0 |
Decent wrestler Solid Muay Thai KO power |
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BJJ White Belt Excellent MT Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Scooter Lebowski! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rod De Minaur! The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! The bell rings for round one and we are underway! De Minaur lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected. De Minaur lands a right hook to the body.
De Minaur tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lebowski was well out of range. Poor timing from De Minaur. A big right from De Minaur misses. Lebowski seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym. De Minaur comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range. De Minaur circles away from the clinch attempt.
De Minaur scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent. De Minaur throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Lebowski clinches up with De Minaur and pushes him back against the cage. De Minaur scores with a nice hook to the head. De Minaur misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from De Minaur. De Minaur misses with a hook to the ribs.
De Minaur escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
This has been an exciting period of action! Lebowski tries to clinch but De Minaur is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round. De Minaur misses with an uppercut. Lebowski tries to clinch up and De Minaur counters with a stiff right hand. Lebowski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Minaur.
Lebowski has managed to clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, De Minaur creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Lebowski manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back. Lebowski working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. De Minaur doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. De Minaur manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem. Lebowski escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. De Minaur gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Lebowski is looking for a triangle here but De Minaur uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Lebowski is looking for a sweep. Lebowski is trying to control De Minaur's posture but De Minaur avoids it. Lebowski defending against the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round. De Minaur wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lebowski keeps working. Lebowski tries to get back to half guard but can't. Lebowski is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on De Minaur's leg. He's managed it. Nice work. Lebowski makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Lebowski. Lebowski controls De Minaur momentarily but De Minaur frees himself. De Minaur really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lebowski. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace. De Minaur trying to control the position from guard on top but Lebowski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Lebowski is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. De Minaur is aware though and is defending well. De Minaur sitting in guard, not really doing much. Lebowski throws his legs up looking for a submission but De Minaur uses it to pass to side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Lebowski wants to control but De Minaur postures up. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rod De Minaur dominated that round. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Lebowski is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Lebowski closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so. Rod De Minaur seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Lebowski takes a shot to the body in his stride.
De Minaur works the jab nicely.
Lebowski is rocked! Lebowski takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Oh Lebowski is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! De Minaur circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends Lebowski tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! De Minaur wins by KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rod De Minaur! A victorious Rod De Minaur thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
36% |
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